With a brief break in the Kentucky Prep schedule we will take this week to write who we think our top three ye
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Spiral Stakes gains sponsor and money
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Florence, KY (Sports Network) - A Cincinnati casino has stepped forward as the title sponsor of Turfway Park's premier stakes race with additional purse money included.
Horseshoe Cincinnati, which will open in downtown Cincinnati in March, will be the title sponsor of the 42nd Spiral Stakes
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Up the Backstretch: Illinois Derby outside looking in
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
(Sports Network) - As Hawthorne Race Course begins its 122nd year of thoroughbred racing Friday the track's premier event, the Illinois Derby, is in a precarious position.
With Churchill Downs changing the way horses qualify to run in the Kentucky Derby, the Illinois Derby was left off the l
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San Vicente Stakes attracts six
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Six 3-year-olds have been entered for Sunday's $150,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The seven-furlong stakes has a post-time of 6:36 p.m. (ET).
Topping the field of five colts and one gelding is recent winner Treasury Bill. Owned by Gary and Mary We
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Royal Delta versus four in Sabin Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Reigning female champion Royal Delta will take on four challengers in Sunday's $100,000 Sabin Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/16-mile event is the 5-year-old mare's initial start of 2013.
Trained by Bill Mott, Royal Delta will start from post 4 and
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Hollendorfer seeks sixth El Camino Real with Cal Derby champ
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Berkeley, CA (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer goes for his sixth El Camino Real Derby victory Saturday when he saddles Zeewat, winner of the California Derby, at Golden Gate Fields. The 1 1/8-mile El Camino Real is part of the "Racing to the Kentucky Derby" point system.
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Mutuel Field - Heavy favorite in Kentucky Derby Future Wager
By: By Jeff Frank, The Sports Analyst
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) gives horseplayers three separate pools to gamble on the Run for the Roses prior to May. The first one closed this past Sunday with the mutuel field the heavy 8-5 favorite.
That is not to say the 2013 Kentucky Derby w
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Animal Kingdom not a 'happy camper'
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - According to trainer Graham Motion, his 5-year-old trainee Animal Kingdom is "angry and hungry" after losing to Point of Entry in Saturday's Kitten's Joy Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap.
Animal Kingdom, owned by Team Valor, was the 4-5 favorite in the 1
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Point of Entry edges Animal Kingdom in Gulfstream Turf
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Turf runner-up Point of Entry edged out 2011 Kentucky Derby champ Animal Kingdom to capture Saturday's $300,000 Kitten's Joy Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap.
Animal Kingdom, second in the Breeders' Cup Mile, was sent off as the 4-5 favorite
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Graydar steals Donn Handicap
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Graydar, ridden by Edgar Prado, took the early lead and was never challenged in winning Saturday's 57th edition of the $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park. The time for the 1 1/8-miles was 1:48.25 on a fast track.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Grayda
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Weekly Television Schedule
March 23
- Road to the Kentucky Derby preview show, 6:00–6:30PM, NBC Sports Network
March 30
- Florida Derby and Louisiana Derby, 6:00–7:00PM, NBC Sports Network
April 6
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
February 16
- Golden Gate Fields: El Camino Real Derby (G3), $200,000, 3yo, 9f
- Gulfstream Park: Mac Diarmida S. (G2), $150,000, 4&up, 11f (turf)
- Gulfstream Park: The Very One S. (G3), $100,000, 4&up, f/m, 11f (turf)
- Oaklawn Park: Bayakoa S., $100,000, 4&
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